Bioethics: Clinical and Population-Level

4 credits · Undergraduate

This course aims to introduce you to a range of philosophical debates in clinical and population-level bioethics. Among the topics in clinical bioethics that we will discuss are: abortion; physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia; pre-commitment in bioethics; genetic enhancement; and the Non-Identity Problem. In population-level bioethics, questions we will discuss include: the concept of disability; the measurement and valuation of health; cost-effectiveness and disability-discrimination; Bioethics in a Time of Pandemic: Quarantine, Triage, Drug Trials; health inequalities and justice; personal and social responsibility for health; personal and social responsibility for health; standards of care in clinical trials in the US and abroad.